A #Scorpion in my unfolded laundry. I didn't notice it but Honey went nutty for it. The small ones are venomous. This was a smaller one! I wanted a pic but my boot heel smushed it in defense of Honey. Sorry #spiders I love my #cat. Desert critters need to announce themselves 1st!
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Accept for rattlesnakes, they forget to warm before defending. Here, it is centipedes and some spiders that are poisonous. Of course in the jungle areas there are snakes, and other critters, that don't warn first.
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Replying to @ColorSimulation
Rattlers have to be listened for - usually I see their dinner and here that rattle and just quietly turn and walk away :D

May 23, 2019 · 11:11 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
I have killed rattlesnakes with shovels, hoes, logging chain, and a 12 guage shotgun. Cutting bars on swathers and combines do a good Alice and dice job. Was thrown off a horse and landed on a barbwire fence when a rattler spooked my horse.
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I've been thrown of a horse. She was a bad-tempered beautiful Appaloosa who I was learning to "break" (I hate that term). I hang on longer than anyone else who had advanced to ride her. I was 13 and so proud :)
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